Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-5A-192 (2026)
Homicide by Vehicle or Vessel.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2014-427, §2, effective July 1, 2014.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-107; Acts 1983, No. 83-620, p. 959, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 45
cases, 1984–2010 · leading case: Ex Parte Edwards, 816 So. 2d 98 (Ala. 2001).
Ex Parte Edwards, 816 So. 2d 98 (Ala. 2001). “Julia Marie Edwards was convicted of vehicular homicide, under § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, without an opinion, but with two dissenting opinions.”
Burnett v. State, 807 So. 2d 573 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “The appellant, Mickey Wayne Burnett, was convicted of three counts of vehicular homicide, violations of § 32-5A-192, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him to five years in prison on each count, but split the sentences and ordered him to serve consecutive terms of one…”
Burnett v. State, 807 So. 2d 588 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Again, I feel compelled to write because of important questions left unanswered regarding the vehicular-homicide statute, § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Although the issue regarding the constitutionality of the statute was squarely before the court in Ex parte Edwards, [Ms.”
Ex Parte Knowles, 689 So. 2d 832 (Ala. 1997). “I voted to grant the certiorari petition of Willie Joe Knowles, to examine whether he had properly preserved for review a challenge to the constitutionality of his conviction under Ala.Code 1975, § 32-5A-192. Stated differently, I thought we should consider whether Knowles's…”
Sullens v. State, 878 So. 2d 1216 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “2001), the Alabama Supreme Court faced the task of determining what mental state is required to commit the offense of vehicular homicide, as set forth in § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Section 32-5A-192(a), Ala.”
Ex Parte Long, 600 So. 2d 982 (Ala. 1992). “After the evidence was presented at trial, Long requested a charge on homicide by vehicle under § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, arguing that it was a lesser included offense of murder.”
United States v. Gomez-Leon, 545 F.3d 777 (9th Cir. 2008). “[14] Ala.Code § 32-5A-192 (1975) (offense called "homicide by vehicle or vessel" and requires recklessness or criminal negligence as interpreted by Ex parte Edwards, 816 So.”
Edwards v. State, 816 So. 2d 92 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “1999), in which I expressed my opinion that Alabama's vehicular homicide statute, § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, is unconstitutional because the statute allows a citizen to be convicted of a criminal homicide without requiring proof of a culpable mental state amounting to, at…”
A.L.L. v. State, 42 So. 3d 146 (Ala. 2009). “was indicted for vehicular homicide, a violation of § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, and for assault in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-6-21, Ala.”
Scott v. State, 917 So. 2d 159 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “2001), the Alabama Supreme Court faced the task of determining what mental state is required to commit the offense of vehicular homicide, as set forth in § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Section 32-5A-192(a), Ala.”
Harrison v. State, 879 So. 2d 594 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “2001), the Alabama Supreme Court faced the task of determining what mental state is required to commit the offense of vehicular homicide, as set forth in § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Section 32-5A-192(a), Ala.”
Chatman v. State, 813 So. 2d 956 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Additionally, he argues that § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, imposes felony sanctions in the absence of a culpable mental state, and that § 32-5A-192, Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 32-5A-192(a) — 18 cases
A.L.L. v. State, 42 So. 3d 146 (Ala. 2009). “was indicted for vehicular homicide, a violation of § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, and for assault in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-6-21, Ala.”
Ex Parte Jordan, 486 So. 2d 485 (Ala. 1986).
Sullens v. State, 878 So. 2d 1216 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “2001), the Alabama Supreme Court faced the task of determining what mental state is required to commit the offense of vehicular homicide, as set forth in § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Section 32-5A-192(a), Ala.”
Childers v. State, 899 So. 2d 1025 (Ala. 2004).
Scott v. State, 917 So. 2d 159 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “2001), the Alabama Supreme Court faced the task of determining what mental state is required to commit the offense of vehicular homicide, as set forth in § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Section 32-5A-192(a), Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 32-5A-192(b) — 11 cases
Ex Parte Edwards, 816 So. 2d 98 (Ala. 2001). “Julia Marie Edwards was convicted of vehicular homicide, under § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, without an opinion, but with two dissenting opinions.”
Ex Parte Long, 600 So. 2d 982 (Ala. 1992). “After the evidence was presented at trial, Long requested a charge on homicide by vehicle under § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975, arguing that it was a lesser included offense of murder.”
Burnett v. State, 807 So. 2d 588 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Again, I feel compelled to write because of important questions left unanswered regarding the vehicular-homicide statute, § 32-5A-192, Ala.Code 1975. Although the issue regarding the constitutionality of the statute was squarely before the court in Ex parte Edwards, [Ms.”
Ex Parte State, 493 So. 2d 995 (Ala. 1986).
Commonwealth v. Heck, 491 A.2d 212 (Pa. 1985).
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